Can someone explain why has a large download (1.15GB) has suddenly started again after being paused a few timesand restarting half way through please?
MacBook Pro
What program were you using to download the file, Safari, Firefox, Miro, xTorrent? Was this an OS upgrade, a movie file, an automatic software update, etc?
The more info you can provide, the better help we can be.
Good luck.
I was using safari to download the update for iPhoto suggested by Apple. I paused and then restarted the download a few times and it restarted fine then it suddenly decided to start again.
Is this download from the Apps Store or through Software Update?
If this is from the Apps Store, then you're using an Intel-based Mac, and this forum is dedicated for pre-Intel based Macs, so you might get more responses in the Intel-Based Mac forum, here:
https://discussions.apple.com/community/desktop_computers/imac_intel
Or the Apps Store forum, here:
https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_app_store/using_mac_apple_store
If you're not using the Apps Store:
Maybe there was a Internet conncection error, I don't know. I've no personal experience with pausing and resuming downloads. I have had problems where downloads seemed to stop half-way through, so I quit the download, and restarted it fresh on my own.
I've heard some people say they have better luck using Firefox with a download manager or Chrome when downloading large files.
Sorry, I'm not more help.
Good luck.
I see this discussion got moved, while I was making my last response.
Nevermind.
Download restarted after pausing a few times
